In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, learn about whether companies compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation will be ready for the California Consumer Privacy Act. The European Data Protection Board released a version of its Guidelines 2/2019 on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR for public consultation. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., has introduced the Privacy Bill of Rights. A group of 24 tech companies voice its support of an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act, and France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, outlined the topics it will focus on in 2019.
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The Austrian government drafted a law to make it illegal to post anonymous online comments.
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Russia's Parliament passed a law to give its communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, more power to monitor internet traffic.
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A coalition of advocacy groups want lawmakers to ensure a federal U.S. privacy law prohibits data discrimination and voter suppression.
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Arizona became the latest state to allow lottery winners to remain anonymous.
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The California Assembly Committee on Privacy & Consumer Protection will discuss proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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Illinois has passed a bill to prohibit internet device manufacturers from collecting audio from internet of things devices without consent.
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Amendments to the Stop Secret Surveillance ordinance passed in San Francisco.
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The Washington Privacy Act faces an uncertain future after it failed to receive a House vote by April 17.
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ICYMI
IAPP Senior Privacy Fellow Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US, examines whether companies compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation will be ready for the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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Privacy professionals discussed recent decisions made by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
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In this episode of The Privacy Advisor Podcast, New Zealand Privacy Commissioner John Edwards discusses the privacy landscape in New Zealand and ongoing updates to the country's privacy law of 1993.
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A special edition of The Privacy Advisor Podcast hears from Jay Edelson on his firm's $925 million privacy class-action win, making it the largest-ever privacy class-action verdict. Edelson speaks on the legal victory, the significance of the ruling, and what it could mean for the future of privacy litigation in the U.S.
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The IAPP Westin Research Center compiled a list of proposed comprehensive privacy bills from across the U.S. to aid members' efforts to stay abreast of the changing state privacy landscape.
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Texas Health Services Authority CEO George Gooch, CIPP/US, provides a summary of the April 2 public hearing held by the Texas House Committee on Business and Industry to examine House Bill 4390 (the Texas Privacy Protection Act) and House Bill 4518 (the Texas Consumer Privacy Act), in this Privacy Tracker post.
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TrustArc Senior Privacy Consultant K Royal, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, writes in this post for Privacy Perspectives on the growing dispute between car dealers and the providers of dealer management systems and the legislation that has been introduced as a result.
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APAC
Hogan Lovells released the Asia Pacific Data Protection and Cyber Security Guide 2019 in which it takes a look at 2018, makes predictions for the year ahead, and provides a country-by-country look at data protection developments.
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A spokesman for Singapore's Transport Department said guidelines were being drafted to aid the taxi sector in the use of cameras due to privacy concerns.
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CANADA
In an op-ed for The Globe and Mail, University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair for Internet and E-Commerce Law Michael Geist writes why the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's decision to explore privacy law reform related to cross-border data transfers will be a challenge.
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EUROPE
The European Commission released a 255-page study on EU General Data Protection Regulation data protection certification mechanisms, examining Articles 42 and 43 of the Regulation.
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The European Data Protection Board has released a version of its Guidelines 2/2019 on processing personal data under Article 6(1)(b) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation for public consultation.
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The European Parliament released a briefing that covered the “personal data protection achievements” it reached during the 2014–19 term.
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The EU has modernized its copyright laws to keep up with the current digital environment.
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France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, released a report on the topics it will focus on in 2019.
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The ban on underage access to pornographic websites will go into effect in the U.K. July 15.
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US
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., has introduced the Privacy Bill of Rights Act.
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A group of 24 tech companies has voiced its support of an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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The California Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 561 to the state’s Senate Appropriations Committee.
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The right for the state government to gain entry into a smartphone for law enforcement investigations will be decided by Indiana's Supreme Court.
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A group of North Carolina representatives introduced a bill to revamp the state’s Identity Theft Protection Act.
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